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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

New Year's Resolutions: The Power of Positive thinking.

It’s the new year and so a lot of people are thinking about
those resolutions.But I don’t. I
haven’t made a resolution in several years actually. Now that’s not to say I
don’t have goals for the upcoming
year.I do. But I’ve always felt
that resolutions are too easily tossed aside, but goals aren’t so easily
forgotten. At least to me.

For the past couple of years, my goals were publishing
related.Write 2 novels. Get an
agent. Get a publishing contract, etc.But this year on top of writing goals, I have another one that’s
probably more important than any of those other ones.It’s to be more positive.

I’ve always been a person who ended up seeing that glass as
half-full, which does have some
benefits.Such as almost never
being disappointed. If you always expect the worse, than when good things
happen, it’s a surprise.But it’s
not where I want to be anymore. It’s entirely too stressful.Plus it makes my DH angry when I’m
always pessimistic.LOL.

So my goal is to try to remain positive. No matter
what.If something bad happens, I
try to look at the plus side.There’s generally at least one!

But it hasn’t been easy.It’s like fate knows my goal and is throwing everything she
can at me to see if I can do it.But one of my favorite qualities about myself is my stubbornness (although
I doubt my DH would agree it’s a quality. LOL.)and I’m not going to give up on myself until it’s no longer
a struggle to be a more positive person and to see the rainbow through the
rain.

So, QFU, what’s one of your goals/resolutions for the year?

J.A. Souders is the author of
RENEGADE a YA dystopian that takes place in an underwater utopian
society, coming Fall 2012 from Tor Teen. For more information visit her
blog or website.

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